Human Rousseau: 190 books

Ella Neser, befaamde speurder uit die Abel-trilogie en ​meer onlangs, Die verdwyning van Billy Katz, is weer op die spoor van ’n raaiselagtige moord. In ’n voorstad van Johannesburg word Clara Heyns, voorbeeldige moeder van twee en weldoener van die gemeenskap, dood gevind met engelvlerke aan....

Alex het ’n teorie oor chaos. Waar hy ook al gaan, volg dit hom. Dis hoekom hy joernalis geword het en hom nou in Tanzanië bevind. By ’n troue iewers tussen Dar es Salaam en Arusha ontmoet Alex vir Ranna, ’n vryskutfotograaf met ’n bos swart krulhare, ’n t-hemp wat sê Dr. Seuss is altyd...

Lemmer se Eerste Algemene Wet: Moenie betrokke raak nie. Hy pas dit veral toe in sy werk as vryskut-lyfwag by Body Armour, waar hy laag af is op die pryslys, want hy’s die een met die kriminele rekord, die gebrekkige sosiale vaardighede en die baie kort humeur. Wanneer die mooi, ryk Emma le Roux...

As a young girl Charlize Theron saw Darryl Hannah in Splash and she was convinced that she would make a better mermaid. Ever since, she has pursued her dream with single-minded obsession. Prize-winning author Chris Karsten traces Charlize’s meteoric rise from a smallholding in South Africa to the...

At 42, Chris Bakkes has led the kind of life of which most people can only dream. In Bushveld and Desert offers a fascinating account of time spent in several wilderness areas in Southern Africa.

What's a mother to do when her high-achieving boy - adored by his close-knit family and private school community - turns bully overnight? How is she to know that his sudden headaches and vomiting are far more serious than all the doctors insist? 'The Twinkling of An Eye' ​is the true, life-affirming...

Many of the world’s true leaders in politics, business and sport have succeeded by adopting the mental processes typical to the ingenuity of one of nature’s most resourceful animals – the fox. Are these mental processes extraordinary? No. they are perfectly natural, and can be a powerful tool...

Since his solo debut 20 years ago, Nataniël has become one of the best-known and most popular South African entertainers. When I was is an all-English collection of 25 previously unpublished stories by Nataniël, selected and adapted from his stage productions Finding Gabriel, My brother Fonzo, Walking...

This gripping novel is the fascinating and true story of Hatshepsut, the female pharaoh who ruled over Egypt for two decades around 1500 BC. The “double crown” refers to her reign over Upper and Lower Egypt, but also the dual nature of her life: Pharaoh and woman in one person. She relates her...

The entire sequence of Bosman’s famous Oom Schalk Lourens stories, in one volume for the first time. Edited from authoritative sources, and accompanied by original illustrations, this gathering represents a feast of South Africa’s best-loved tales. The sixty pieces include all-time favourites...

37 stories selected and arranged by Suzette Kotzé-Myburgh from Stoffel in Afrika en Stoffel op safari. Translated by Elsa Silke. Bakkes has been involved in conservation for almost two decades in one of Africa’s last wilderness areas:, Namibia’s dry northwestern areas, the Kaokoveld and Damaraland....

Dis die laat tagtigs in Johannesburg. Adriana van der Hoon is agtien jaar oud. Haar aktivis-pa het jare lank oorsee geld vir die Education Trust ingesamel maar op ’n dag verander alles, en nou staan die veiligheidspolisie op haar drumpel met ’n ultimatum. As sy hulle nie help om die ANC se geldspoor...

Buyi voel soos ’n vreemdeling in London – die plek waar hy gebore is en grootgeword het. Maar toe hy vir die soveelste keer moeilikheid by die skool optel, besluit sy ma hy moet by sy pa, wat hy nog nooit geken het nie, in ’n wildreservaat in Suid-Afrika gaan bly. Maar ook hier voel hy nie tuis...

Dieter en Krynauw, twee graadneges, beland in die kloue van Madame Zenobia toe hulle op eie houtjie begin ondersoek instel na die vlaag diefstalle in die skool – hulle is veral bekommerd oor hulle rugbybeker wat verdwyn het. Maar Zaanlie en haar vriendinne is ook op die spoor van die dief en eintlik...